Pájarx entre Púas Celebrates a Decade with Special Performance of «Juntas Más Libres» Featuring Live Music by Trappo Banda

Original article: Pájarx entre Púas celebra 10 años con función especial de su obra «Juntas Más Libres» musicalizada en vivo por Trappo Banda

A special performance of «Juntas Más Libres» will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Pájarx Entre Púas.

This production brings together women incarcerated at the Valparaíso Correctional Facility and those who, after their release, remain connected to the feminist collective.

On this occasion, the performance will feature live music by Trappo Banda, a Valparaíso-based group with over a decade of experience, who contributed to the composition of this work.

Dialogue

«Juntas Más Libres» represents an extensive and intricate creative process aimed at bridging the jail with public spaces through art, while also highlighting issues related to female incarceration such as gender-based violence, motherhood behind bars, and the aspirations for transformation that women in prison generate in their context.

The performance will take place at the Teatro del Parque Cultural de Valparaíso – Ex-Correctional Facility on November 15, starting at 5:00 PM, with free entry by prior registration at this link.

According to Andrés Soffia, executive director of the Parque Cultural de Valparaíso, «celebrating ten years of Pájarx Entre Púas at the Park is also celebrating everything they have autonomously promoted within the cultural and artistic realm. For us, it signifies a commitment to focus on reaching communities and individuals historically marginalized for various reasons, especially those who have not had the chance to enjoy the right to culture.»

«The right to culture is understood as an opportunity for development, a chance to move forward personally and collectively, as a right earned and adapted to those who have different needs, requests, or life experiences regarding access to the arts and culture today,» added Soffia.

For Myr Chávez and Daniella Misle, directors of the Pájarx Entre Púas Foundation and the production «Juntas Más Libres», their performance with live music as part of the ten-year anniversary celebration represents «a milestone recognizing a decade of sustained work in penitentiary and post-penitentiary contexts, which has engaged over 2,000 individuals and developed more than 80 formative processes and over 30 artistic works.»

«We want to continue creating spaces for participation, autonomy, and visibility, highlighting the profound social inequalities and injustices that affect the lives of incarcerated women,» both creators emphasized.

«We believe it is urgent to move towards alternatives to punishment and exclusion, recognizing that women need dignified living conditions, free from violence, along with the full exercise of their rights to develop their life projects, engage in motherhood, and build their own futures in freedom,» added Myr Chávez and Daniella Misle.